Moses aflalo



(No Model.)'.

M. AFLALO.

BLOTTING PAD.

No. 396,060. v Patented Jan. 15, 1889..

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INVENTOR ATENT FFICE;

MOSES AFLALO, OF LONDON,

Eh GLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES AYLXVARD GAME, OF SAME PLACE.

BLOTTI NG=-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 396,060, dated January 15, 1889. Application filed June 5, 1888. Serial No. 276,072. (No model.) Patented in England July 28, 1887, No. 10,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES AFLALO,aS11l)- ject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of London, England, have invented certain Improvements in Blotters, (for which Letters Patent have been granted to myself and James Aylward Game in Great Britain, dated July 28, 1887, No. 10,502,) of which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of blotters or blotting-pads which comprise a shield to whichthe sheets of blotting-paper are attached, said shield being provided with means for attaching the same temporarily to the hand of the writer.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved means for securing the blotter to the hand of the writer-that is to say, either to the thumb and broader part of the hand or to these parts and the wrist also.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter, and its novel features carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aback view, and Fig. 2 a side or edge view, of a blotter embodying the invention, provided with a thumb and palm attachment only; and Fig. 3 is a back view of asimilar blotter having also a wrist-extension and attachment.

a represents the blotting-pad, which will usually be composed of several sheets of blotting-paper. These sheets will be secured to a flexible backing or shield, a, of canvas, leather, or the like. This shield is cut with a projecting tab, 0, which, when folded over and secured to a stud, 0, forms a loop to receive the thumb, thereby providing for an attaching of the blotter to the hand at the thumb.

d is a loop for attaching the pad to the palm of the hand. This loop (I is preferably of elastic material. In eifecting the attachment to the palm the elastic loop will be passed about the hand and its free end made to engage the stud c.

The pad illustrated in Fig. 3 is the same as that already described, except that it has an extension, a with an additional pair of tabs, 0 c ,fo1 wholly or partially embracing the wrist, and an elastic loop, (Z adapted to engage a stud, 0 The fabric of the shield to may be extended, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, for the loops (Z d to bear upon, and thus distribute the pressure on the flesh exerted by said loops.

Fresh sheets of blotting-paper may be substituted for those that become saturated with ink, and the studs which assist in effecting the attachment to the hand also serve to effect the attachment of the sheets to the shield.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. A blotter consisting of the blotting-pad a, a shield, a, on which said pad is mounted, an integral tab, 0, which forms the thumb attachment, a stud, c, to which the free end of said tab is detachablyseeured, and a loop, as (Z, secured to the pad and shield opposite to the stud c, and adapted to engage the said stud and form an attachment to the palm of the hand, all combined and arranged substantially as set forth.

2. A blotter consisting of the blotting-pad a, a shield, a, on which said pad is mounted, having an extension, (R, an integral tab, 0, 011 the shield a, a stud, c, to which said tab is attached, thus forming a loop to receive the thumb, a loop, (I, on the main part of the shield, adapted to engage the stud c, and a similarloop, (1*, on the extension a adapted to engage a stud, 0 011 the opposite side of said extension, all combined and arranged substantially as set forth.

MOSES AFLALO.

In presence of HERBERT W. LILLEY, llfanaging Clerk to Jae. Rendell d2 Sons.

, SIMON COHEN,

Corresponding Clerk, James Rendell ch Sons,

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